Nombre real Christa Päffgen, Nico nació en Alemania pero pronto ejerció de modelo en Francia donde conoció a Alain Delon (que sale muy mal parado en el documental) y tuvo un hijo con él, nunca reconocido por el actor que incluso renegó de por vida de su propia madre (es decir, la abuela del niño, quien desde entonces adoptó el apellido de ella) por criar a ese indeseado vástago. En esos años de Dolce Vita Nico fue, además de modelo, actriz para Fellini en su tiempo en Italia, cantante y modelo con Warhol y la Velvet Underground ya viviendo en Nueva York, amante de Brian Jones, Jim Morrison o Iggy Pop (quien siempre la menciona como primera cicerone real en los placeres de la vida) o musa fugaz de Dylan... Pero con una parte oscura considerable Nico degradaría considerablemente su estatus y belleza, reclusiva y heroinómana compulsiva, con una extrañísima carrera musical en solitari0 y con una dedicada labor de ángel negro para todo aquel que se acercaba fascinado por su halo (incluido su propio hijo, a quien hizo caer en el agujero de los opiáceos), deambulando muchos años su bohemia siniestra por miserables pisos ocupados o compartidos. Como si de una broma macabra se tratara Nico falleció en Ibiza en un accidente con su bici cuando estaba por fin abandonando los malos hábitos. En el documental hablan casi todos los que la trataron intímamente, incluso su (al parecer recuperado) hijo y la (realmente herida por la vida) madre de Delon.
Y para interesados en el tema con costumbres lectoras recomiendo un imprescindible, la biografía escrita por Richard Witts y editada en castellano por Circe (probablemente descatalogado pero supongo que fácilmente asequible en el mercadeo de segunda mano).
Real name Christa Päffgen, Nico was born in Germany but soon worked as a model in France where she met Alain Delon and had a son with him, never acknowledged by the actor who even ignored from then on his own mother for raising that unwanted criature. In those years of Dolce Vita Nico was, apart from a model, actress for Fellini in her time in Italy, singer and model with Warhol and the Velvet Underground living in New York, lover of Brian Jones, Jim Morrison or Iggy Pop (who always referred to her as first real cicerone in the pleasures of life) or fleeting muse for Dylan... But with a considerable dark side Nico significantly degraded her status and beauty, reclusive and compulsive heroin addict with a bizarre solo musical career and becoming gradually a dedicated black angel for anyone approaching fascinated by her halo (including her own son, who did fall into the hole of opiates iniated by his own mother), wandering many sinister bohemian years in occupied or shared flats. And, as a macabre joke, she finally died in Ibiza in an accident while riding a bike when she was finally giving up heroin. In the documentary all sorts of very close intimate people talk about her, even her son and (the very hurt by life) Delon's mother.
And for those interested in the subject with reading habits, I recommend that brilliant biography written by Richard Witts.
[FotosPhotos: Nico, Los Angeles, 1966 porby Lisa Law]
'Nico Icon'
Documental|EE. UU. 1995
Dirigido por Susanne Ofteringer
Y para interesados en el tema con costumbres lectoras recomiendo un imprescindible, la biografía escrita por Richard Witts y editada en castellano por Circe (probablemente descatalogado pero supongo que fácilmente asequible en el mercadeo de segunda mano).
Real name Christa Päffgen, Nico was born in Germany but soon worked as a model in France where she met Alain Delon and had a son with him, never acknowledged by the actor who even ignored from then on his own mother for raising that unwanted criature. In those years of Dolce Vita Nico was, apart from a model, actress for Fellini in her time in Italy, singer and model with Warhol and the Velvet Underground living in New York, lover of Brian Jones, Jim Morrison or Iggy Pop (who always referred to her as first real cicerone in the pleasures of life) or fleeting muse for Dylan... But with a considerable dark side Nico significantly degraded her status and beauty, reclusive and compulsive heroin addict with a bizarre solo musical career and becoming gradually a dedicated black angel for anyone approaching fascinated by her halo (including her own son, who did fall into the hole of opiates iniated by his own mother), wandering many sinister bohemian years in occupied or shared flats. And, as a macabre joke, she finally died in Ibiza in an accident while riding a bike when she was finally giving up heroin. In the documentary all sorts of very close intimate people talk about her, even her son and (the very hurt by life) Delon's mother.
And for those interested in the subject with reading habits, I recommend that brilliant biography written by Richard Witts.
[FotosPhotos: Nico, Los Angeles, 1966 porby Lisa Law]
'Nico Icon'
Documental|EE. UU. 1995
Dirigido por Susanne Ofteringer
